Rishi Sunak Parents

UK's New Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak was born in Southampton to Indian parents who immigrated to the United Kingdom from East Africa in the 1960s.

His father, Yashvir, was born and raised in the Kenya Colony and Protectorate, which is now known as Kenya.

Usha, his mother, was born in Tanganyika, a former sovereign state that is now part of Tanzania.

Sunak's grandparents were born in British India's Punjab Province and immigrated to the United Kingdom from East Africa in the 1960s.

Mr Sunak has two younger siblings: Sanjay, a brother, and Raakhi, a sister.

Sanjay is a psychologist, and Raakhi is the Chief of Strategy and Planning at the United Nations Global Fund for Education in Emergencies in New York.